Thus, this study will map out the current situation of DES in selected ASEAN Member States, and discuss the opportunities for DES in the ASEAN region to support and foster the convergence of the ASEAN Economic Community and sustainable economic growth by providing affordable, reliable, and better energy sources with less GHG emissions.

The Republic of the Union of Myanmar has achieved remarkably high economic growth, with average gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate of 7.28% over 2010 to 2017, the second-highest growth rate among ASEAN member states during the same period. Myanmar’s real GDP per capita was US$1,300 in 2017. This strong economic growth during the last 6 years was also accompanied by an increase in energy ...

ERIA and the MME will prepare a Basic Energy Plan for Cambodia (BEPC) that is appropriate, comprehensive, feasible, and effective. In addition, the basic plan should have numerical targets for each energy issue covered by the plan, and the targets should be achievable.

The structure of this report is like the earlier editions because of the application of similar methodology. However, one important accomplishment of this study is the development of energy efficiency targets for the countries that did not have targets when this project started in 2007. It could be said that those countries started adopting energy efficiency as an important energy policy as a result ...

This study shows the energy saving potential of BAU and APS. BAU was developed for each EAS country, outlining future sector and economy-wide energy consumption, assuming no significant changes to government policies. The APS was set to examine the potential impacts if additional energy-efficiency goals, action plans, or policies being or likely to be considered were developed. The difference between ...

Asia’s historical development is at a crossroads. Twenty months into the coronavirus pandemic, the cumulative economic and financial impacts are estimated to be much worse than those of the 1997 Asian economic crisis and the 2008 global financial crisis. Governments across ASEAN and East Asia have deployed a significant amount of emergency capital in their response to the pandemic, with an initial ...